Undergraduate Program in Department of Life Sciences established (30 students)

Construction of the gymnasium completed

1988 POSTECH Matriculation Ceremony (242 undergraduate, 91 master, and 18 doctoral program students)

Construction Committee for the Pohang Light Source launched

First matriculation ceremony (249 undergraduate students)

Ministry of Education approves to establish graduate school programs (9 departments with 90 master and 54 doctoral program students)

Dr. Hogil Kim appointed as 1st president of POSTECH

Ministry of Education approves to establish undergraduate programs (9 departments with 240 undergraduate students)

Pohang Institute of Science & Technology founded (Founding Chairman: Tae-Joon Park, First President: Hogil Kim)

Establishment Committee for Pohang Institute of Science and Technology launched

Ministry of Education approves project to establish Pohang Institute of Science and Technology (8 departments with 240 undergraduate students)

Institute Establishment Committee and Institute Construction Committee for Pohang Institute of Science and Technology launched